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July 23, 1926

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I. R. T. STRIKE IS OVER; MEN GO BACK TODAY; 300, Advised by Leaders That They Have Lost, Plan March to Yards for Old Jobs. LAVIN CRITICIZES WALKER Hits Mayor's Methods in Calling Off Conference -- Hedley Agrees to Restore Workers. I. R. T STRIKE IS OVER; MEN GO BACK TODAY

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Electrical Workers' Assn of Greater N Y formed by workers unable to enter Electrical Workers' union because membership books have been closed; affiliation with A F of L will be sought

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BREAK IN HEAT WAVE ENDS 97-DEGREE DAY IN WHICH TEN DIE; Forty-three Are Prostrated as City Swelters in Hottest July 22 on Record Here. NIGHT WIND BREAKS SPELL Crowds Go to the Beaches to Seek Relief -- Coney Island Jammed. ALL PARKS OPEN ALL NIGHT Cooler Weather Is Predicted for Today -- Big Storm in Albany -- Three Dead Up-State. HEAT WAVE BROKEN; 10 DIE, 43 OVERCOME

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Break in heat wave ends 97-degree day; 10 die and 43 prostrate; list of dead and prostrated

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CATCH CHIEF WITNESS WHO QUIT RUM TRIAL; C.A. Smith, Bootlegger Aiding Government in Dwyer Case, Jailed After Disappearance. HIS TESTIMONY UNDER FIRE Defense Charges Bad Navy Record and Crimes -- Confronts Him With Deserted Wife. CATCH CHIEF WITNESS WHO QUIT RUM TRIAL

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C A Smith disappears after being confronted with Mary A Carrol who said he had married and deserted her and after reading of Navy enlistment papers on his discharge record; found again; W E Hill, Chief of Police of Everett, Mass, and others testify on Smith's record

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Notable Births

LudvĂ­k VaculĂ­k

1926Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author (died 2015)[†]

LudvĂ­k VaculĂ­k was a Czech writer and journalist. He was born in Brumov, Moravian Wallachia. A prominent samizdat writer, he was best known as the author of the "Two Thousand Words" manifesto of June 1968.

Notable Deaths

Viktor Vasnetsov

1926Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (born 1848)[†]

Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov was a Russian painter and draughtsman who specialised in mythological and historical subjects. He is considered a co-founder of Russian folklorist and romantic nationalistic painting, and a key figure in the Russian Revivalist movement.

Historical Events

1926Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.[†]

The Fox Film Corporation was an American independent company that produced motion pictures and was formed in 1915 by the theater "chain" pioneer William Fox. It was the corporate successor to his earlier Greater New York Film Rental Company and Box Office Attraction Company.